Want to know if your startup has what it takes to go global?

Lisbon Challenge is an ambitious 10 week acceleration program aimed at eager international tech startups in prototype or product phase, looking for a truly innovative and empowering experience. It aims to offer consistent methods and resources for startups acceleration.

Top Results: Our 160 alumni startups have raised over 50 million euros, we got 3 alumni at YCombinator and 7 at Seedcamp, and 40% of alumni got invested.

In each edition, top teams have the chance to meet with 200 international mentors & investors as well as participate in workshops, pitch sessions and networking events. In an international environment, you will boost your network, learn from each other and progress on a weekly basis.

The program will be concluded with the Demo Day (fall batch)/Investors Day (spring batch) where you will get the chance to pitch and demo your startup to a crowd of investors, partners and startups

All of this in the beautiful and exciting city of Lisbon, the right place to jump-start your business. The city offers all necessary infrastructures, talented resources and an excellent testing market; it is also an affordable destination and at GMT+0 an excellent location to work with both West and East. Lisbon was selected as “Most Entrepreneurial Region 2015“ and considered the 5th upcoming tech hub worldwide by Entrepreneur magazine plus Europe’s coolest capital for 2014 by CNN.